Quote/s of the Day – 24 June – The Solemnity of the Nativity of St John the Baptist
“ And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary,
the baby leaped in her womb.
And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit …
“For behold, when the sound
of your greeting came to my ears,
the baby in my womb leaped for joy.”
Luke 1:41,44
“What, then, will this child be?
For surely the hand of the Lord is with him.”
Luke 1:66
“At my birth,
I took away my mother’s barrenness
and while still an infant,
I healed my father’s dumbness,
for You gave me in childhood,
the gift of working miracles.”
St Gregory the Illuminator (c 213-270)
Bishop
Homily on the holy Incarnation, 4
“John is a voice for a time
but Christ is the eternal Word,
from the beginning.”
St Augustine (354-430)
Bishop, Father, Doctor of Grace
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